RAFFA 2012

The 2012 RAFFA Winners

The Raglan Arts Film Festival Awards (RAFFA) celebrate the achievements of local Raglan Whaingaroa film-makers and actors. Films are awarded in various categories, as well as the overall RAFFA Creative Force Award. The RAFFA award trophy is designed by local Whaingaroa steel artist, Philip Meek.

The 2012 RAFFA (Raglan Arts Film Festival Award) awards ceremony was held on the 22nd September at the Raglan Old School Arts Centre.

Creative Force Award The film festival panel wish to acknowledge Maryann Tuao of Groundswell Media for a productive 2012 year! Maryann has also during the year provided support, encouragement and mentored many local talents living here in Raglan towards developing their careers in the film industry.

The 2012 RAFFA award trophy, designed and created by Phil Meek

International Film AwardThe Most Fun You Can Have Dying The film festival panel wished to recognise the difficulty of filming with a low budget and filming overseas. The bulk of the film is set in Europe, so Kirstin’s crew had to employ the number-eight wire mentality New Zealanders are famous for over the 10 days they spent shooting exterior shots on location. There was an interview with Kirstin where she said “We shot on five trains and one aeroplane, all illegally, – we would wait on the trains until nobody was looking, we’d put sentries at the end of carriages to make sure none of the official people were coming, and then we’d just quickly shoot”

Grand Prize Best Film Award Goes to Whiff Drawers, Groundswell Media for the tremendous effort to produce something of this quality in the 48 hours competition. Maryann managed to assemble a talented team to work together during the V48 Hours to produce Whiff Drawers which rivals teams of professional film makers who have been entering V48 hours for years – a real showcase for talent in Raglan!

The RAFFA awards were designed by Phil and Emily Meek from Surreal Steel. The award design captures the old-school style of a film movie reel.